Prognostic Significance of Circulating Immune Complexes in a Long-Term Follow-Up of Breast Cancer Patients

Oncology ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 337-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Vincenzo laffaioli ◽  
Armando Bianchin ◽  
Giuseppina Ruggiero ◽  
Giuseppe Pirozzi ◽  
Achille Ungaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Immune Complexes ◽  
Prognostic Significance ◽  
Circulating Immune Complexes ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

Is Breast Cancer Ever Cured? Follow-Up Study of 5623 Breast Cancer Patients

1991 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 465-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Ciatto ◽  
Rita Bonardi
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Systemic Disease ◽  
Cancer Death ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Breast Cancer Death ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

The authors evaluated 5623 cases of primary breast cancer followed for 1 to 21 years. Overall and breast cancer death rates were determined and compared to expected rates. Breast cancer patients showed overall and breast cancer death rates significantly higher than expected and which persisted at long-term follow-up. The observed/expected overall death ratios for follow-up periods of 0–5, 6–10, 11–15 or 16–20 years were 3.61, 2.55, 1.60 and 2.11, respectively. Death rates from breast cancer at 5, 10, 15 and 20 years were 20%, 32%, 40% and 48% respectively. The evidence of a persistent excess mortality even after long-term follow-up suggests the hypothesis that breast cancer is a systemic disease when clinically diagnosed. This study provided no evidence of a « clinical » cure for breast cancer patients. Even for N- patients the 5, 10, 15 and 20 year death rates from breast cancer were 12%, 20%, 28% and 38%, respectively. N- breast cancer, which is currently considered as a localized disease cured by surgery in most cases, would be better regarded to as a slow-growing metastatic disease, although « personal » cure may be achieved in many subjects dying of causes other than breast cancer.

Brachial Plexopathy After Postoperative Radiotherapy of Breast Cancer Patients: A Long-Term Follow-up

2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Johansson ◽  
Hans Svensson ◽  
Lars-Gunnar Larsson ◽  
Juliana Denekamp
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Postoperative Radiotherapy ◽  
Brachial Plexopathy ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

Long-term follow up of breast cancer patients treated for hypercalcaemia with aminohydroxypropylidene bisphosphonate (APD)

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Grutters ◽  
A. R. M. M. Hermus ◽  
P. H. M. de Mulder ◽  
L. V. A. M. Beex
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Long Term Follow Up
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